Electrical connector



July 27,1943.- c. B. GATY( ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR Filed Nov 19, 1941 INVENTOR CZ/NTQ/V 5; 6147').

6 ATTORNE s Patented July 27, 1 943 This invention relates to anelectrical connector particularly adapted for use in a camera such as asmall motionipicture camera.

It isoften desirable to equipmodern military aircraft such as pursuits and interceptors with motion picture cameras of the nature described in the copending application ofGaty et al., Serial No. 395,098; filed May 24; 1941., These cameras are,.'in certain instances, mounted 'in'the cock-' pit of the airplanepadja'cent the gun sight/to 1O jacent the upper end of chamberAS, the casing. photograph the .field of view of the gun sight and, isshouldered as at 5l-an'd. 52,- forming a reduced in other instances, .are attached directly to the portion 53 which'extendsqinto hole '45 in camera wing-guns Ineither event, spaceis at a ,premitop H, being restrainedfrom projecting past the um 'whichnecessitates, the use of a camera which top surface of top ll by shoulder 51'. A similar is as.small;aspossible..y 4 l r l y a projection. 54.is formed'adjacent'theupper end :Cameras of this sortare, of course, subjected ofxchamber- 50, and this projection extends'into to severe usage by reason of vibratiomweather h'ole46.-Chamber 50,45 alsoiprovided with a conditions andlowitemperatures at the substanshoulder -55, similarto shoulder 52'.1,'Chambers tial altitudes at which they operate. The cam- 49 and 50, respectively, receive the upper or feera, being so small, has but little space theremale ends of conductors 56 and 51, into which within for the disposition ofits essential mechathe reduced ends 4311 and 44a of jacks 43 and nism which, accordingly, greatly limits the space 4 extend When the jacks are connected to sockavailable for other appliances. It is often deet 18. It may now be seen that conductors 55 sirable to equip. such a camera with a lens heater and 51 are not only insulated from one another such as is shown, for example, in my copending by casing 4l', but are also amply insulated, as divisional application," Serial No. 458,506, filed are jacks 43. and 44, from camera top H y P September 16, 1942'. A heater of this character ject10ns53 and 54 of the casing. necessitates an electrical connector and I have Casing 48 is provided with channels similar t0v found that such a connector should be secured the channels in casing 41, and these latter chan- Within the camera where it is most capable of 0 nels receive the lower or male ends of conducwithstanding all shocks and vibrations While still tors 5B and 51-, these male ends 5511 and 5512 exmaintaining a good electrical contact with the tending from the bottom of casing 48, and being leads to the heater. insulated from one another as in the case of the Accordingly, it is'among the objects of this infemale ends of the conductors. Male ends 56a vention to provide an electrical connector of the and 5% may be attached to suitable leads within above nature which is simple, sturdy in constructhe camera, which are connected to the main tion, small in size yet capable of carrying subplug receptacle ofthe camera (not shown) but stantial current and well able to withstand such preferably these male ends are connected in, shocks and vibrations to which it may be subseries with a thermostat (not shown) mountedjected. Other objects will be in part apparent 40 within the camera casing. and in part pointed out hereinafter. Casings 41 and'48 are provided with coaxial The invention accordingly consists in the feacentrally disposed bores in which is disposed an tures of construction, combinations of elements, eyelet 58, the opposite ends 58a and 58b of 'which I V and arrangements of parts as will be exemplified are riveted or spun over to engage respectively in the structure to be hereinafter described, and 45 shoulders 59 and 60, formed'at the bottoms of the scope of the application of which will be inrecesses 6i. and 62, respectively, in casings 4'! dicatedinthe following claims. and 48. Eyelet 58thus holds the two casings In the drawing there is shown an enlarged together and furthermore provides a hole for sectional elevation of the electrical connector at the. reception of a screw 63, which extends tached to a portion of acamera. through top plate H and has threaded on the As shown in the drawing, a top plate I l of a lower end thereof a nut '64 which when taken camera (not shown) has secured thereto in a up on'the screw holds socket l8 securely against manner to be described my electrical connector the under side of top ll; Preferably top I l is generally indicated at 18 in, a suitable position countersunk to receive the head 65 of screw 63 to receive the ends of 1eads4l and 42.

s'I 'oppl'ate H is drilled asyat 45, andj46 toiproj vide a pair of holes for the'reception gof jacks 43 and 44; in'to socketl8. .Socket I3-con1prises a pair or casings 4'1 and 43,,and as these are identi- I cal, casing 41 only will be described ,Thus, casing 41, which isipreferably formed f romza-suits able dielectric-material, is; so molded as to provideapairg'of chambers Q9 and 5 9,which are parallel, and extend throughout the casing; Ad

' so that the top of the screw is flush with the size of the socket are well able to-ca'rry' a substantial current. Furthermore, by reason of the small size of socket l8 it may be disposed within the camera Where there is no danger of its being brokenor knocked loose, and in spite oiits small size, it is quite capable of receiving jacks 43 and 44 which, because of their relatively slight weight, have insuflicient inertia to cause their working loose from recoil shock or airplane vibration. I

It may now be seen that I have provided an electrical connector which attains the several ob- 'jects set forthhereinabo'vein a thoroughly practical and eflicient manner", l r A's manypossible embodiments may be made'of thejabove invention, and as many changesmight bema'de in the embodimentabove set forth; itis to be understood that'ail matter hereinbefore set forth, or shown in the accom anying drawing, is to be interpretedns illustrative and not me limiting sense. w I

'1; An electric plug rieceivingdevice for-use'in a motion picture camera'havingva top plate, said device comprising; in combination; a 'pair of dielectric casings, span of chambers in eac'hi of said casingsadapted to register when said casin'gs' are secured' together, each ofsaid casings having a centrally disposed hole extending axially therethrough, 81.. tubular element extending of said chambers on onev of vsaidcasingsadjacent the female ends of saidfconductors and adapted to extend through holes in said top plate to inlsulate from said top plate an electric plug connected to said device.

2. The combination of a pair of dielectric casings, said. casings being similar to one another .and each'having a pair of chambers formed therein and a centrally disposed hole extending axially therethrough, the axes of said chambers and said holebeingparallel, a pair of hollow projections formed on each of said casings respectively adjacent the outer ends of said chambers, the diameters of said chambersbeing great er than the diameters'of the openings in said projections whereby a shoulder is formed between each chamberandsits adjoining projection, the chambers and ho'leof one casing-adapted'to register respectively with the chambers and hole of the. other casing 'when' the twocasings are secured. together, almemb'er' extending through the projections. of one casing. and: said-female ends underlying the projections on the other casing" CLINTON'BFGA' I YI 

